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Christmas Tree lot workers
Posted on 12/1/18 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 12/1/18 at 11:06 pm
Standard LaPlace/Hahnville trash, or bussed-in trash from Tennessee hill country? Can never tell with these guys...
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Posted on 12/1/18 at 11:10 pm to BlastOff
Rocky Top you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol Rocky Top
Rocky Top Tennessee
Home sweet home to me
Good ol Rocky Top
Rocky Top Tennessee
Posted on 12/1/18 at 11:10 pm to BlastOff
Many moons ago, Mr Lloyd, proprietor of the one that used to be on Vets across from K&B, would let all of us little neighborhood dago kids work there for tips - no pay.
Good deal for him because paying us would have really cut into his Scotch drinking.
Good deal for him because paying us would have really cut into his Scotch drinking.
Posted on 12/1/18 at 11:13 pm to BlastOff
Sorry you couldn't swing Perino's.
Posted on 12/1/18 at 11:19 pm to BlastOff
Round here the Boy Scouts run the lots.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 1:33 am to BlastOff
I've always figured they're probably carnies making some money in the off season.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 1:36 am to BlastOff
What else is a carney gonna do this time of year?
Posted on 12/2/18 at 2:06 am to BlastOff
They gotta do something between July 4th and New Years.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 6:51 am to reverendotis
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Many moons ago, Mr Lloyd, proprietor of the one that used to be on Vets across from K&B, would let all of us little neighborhood dago kids work there for tips - no pay.
Yep. That’s how little RummelTiger bought his first Mongoose back in the mid-80’s.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 6:53 am to BlastOff
I quit going to lots and started getting mine from whole foods. They sell a really nice 7 foot Frazier fir for like $49.99
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:12 am to RummelTiger
If you worked at Lloyd's tree stand in the mid 80's we definitely know each other.
I bought a dual tape deck from Alterman Audio with my loot. Could press play on tape A & record on B and make a top notch mix tape.
I bought a dual tape deck from Alterman Audio with my loot. Could press play on tape A & record on B and make a top notch mix tape.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:14 am to BlastOff
Can’t speak for now, but it used to be a job for high school kids
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:18 am to The Pirate King
High school kids dont work anymore. They just play fortnite
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:49 am to Cosmo
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High school kids dont work anymore. They just play fortnite
I swear If I see one more white kid flossing.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:58 am to BlastOff
I know they hire locals at those shady farms that pop up along Vets and Pontchartrain Blvd, because a few years ago one of the tree professionals ID'd me as having prosecuted him and got angry and aggressive. That'll kinda ruin what you remember as a kid when picking out a tree, and will traumatize a wife.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 7:58 am to tLSU
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Sorry you couldn't swing Perino's.
My BIL said he got his tree from there, paid $20 more than we did. But that may be worth not having to deal with Carney Chad hacking away at the base with his shitty chainsaw.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:04 am to BlastOff
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My BIL said he got his tree from there, paid $20 more than we did. But that may be worth not having to deal with Carney Chad hacking away at the base with his shitty chainsaw.
It's a life changer. They travel up to the farm and hand pick all their trees. Everything is nicely set up, already in stands with water in them, on concrete so you aren't slipping around in a muddy field with those rebar spikes sticking up everywhere. Their ordinary workers are there helping you. I get mine delivered already on the stand and they've always lasted longer than the ones I get at those shady places. Will never go anywhere else again.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:06 am to BlastOff
The tree lots by me that aren't attached to a big box store like Home Depot are usually family run small businesses.
Although last year the lot we usually go to (family run) said that with the shortage of Christmas trees due to the 2007-2008 recession, prices for the trees have gone up and many of the smaller businesses couldn't get as many trees for their lots. Some even went out of business.
Although last year the lot we usually go to (family run) said that with the shortage of Christmas trees due to the 2007-2008 recession, prices for the trees have gone up and many of the smaller businesses couldn't get as many trees for their lots. Some even went out of business.
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:47 am to BlastOff
Back in the early 2000’s as a high school kid I would work at the Christmas tree lots after our football season would end
I would make a ton of money in the short amount of time for a high school kid
Taught me how to work soccer moms for extra cash
I would make a ton of money in the short amount of time for a high school kid
Taught me how to work soccer moms for extra cash
Posted on 12/2/18 at 8:51 am to BlastOff
Kind of like carnival workers in between jobs.
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